Evidence-based Wellness Education

Examining Paleo and Beyond

Written by CASI Editorial Team | Jul 14, 2014, 4:00:00 AM

 

If you practice functional or complementary medicine you're probably familiar with the basics of a Paleo diet approach. You might recommend Paleo for to patients and perhaps you even follow it yourself. If so where do you fall in the spectrum? Are you 100% grain legume and dairy free? Or do you follow the 80/20 rule popularized in the Primal approach which includes dairy and leaves room for enjoying the occasional dark chocolate and red wine? Or are you even more relaxed than that sticking mostly to whole unprocessed foods but enjoying wheat sugary treats and a little taste of whatever catches your eye at weddings birthdays or perhaps just when you need a little pick-me-up at the end of a tough day now and then?